Actor lodges complaint for being tortured by husband

Kolkata: An actor lodged a complaint with police alleging that she was being tortured by her husband.

The actor lodged the complaint with Lake Town police station on Friday against "her husband and others".

A police officer said on conditions of anonymity that the woman told police about the level of torture that went on after the death of her brother-in-law in 2014, considering that she brought misfortune to her in-law's family.

According to a senior police officer of Bidhannagar police Commissionerate, the complainant got married to a doctor, who practices at a well known private hospital in the city, four years ago and thereafter started staying at Bangur Avenue.

She lodged the complaint alleging that she had been "subjected to both physical and mental torture at the bangur Avenue residence" and was "tortured' by her husband.

She further told police that they bought a flat recently. On Wednesday, she went to the flat where she was allegedly tortured by her husband and received injuries in the course of action. The woman on Thursday went to Lake Town police station and lodged a complaint in this connection. The police initiated a case under section 498A (husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and 324 IPC (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means).

It is learnt that the complainant had earlier acted in some Tamil films. But she discontinued the same after her marriage. She told police that recently she once again has expressed her wish to continue her work in TV serials.

The police initiated a probe in this connection and would speak to the victim's husband in this connection. A senior police officer said a notice will be served summoning the doctor and we are hopeful that he would co-operate in the investigation or else necessary legal steps would be taken up.